July 14, 2007
Besides the two wonderful comments that suggested that I should write, I received some phone talk that suggested that I should continue writing. What the heck.
I spent the last week at a conference. Yes, the conference was in Hawaii. That doesn't mean I enjoyed it any more than any other place. I arrived on Saturday (without my luggage) and checked into my room that I shared with a co-worker. I bought a pair of swim trunks and borrowed a shirt. We spent a little time on the beach, and I went for a brief swim after dark. Woo-hoo... I did my thing at the conference to make sure I was involved. Tuesday afternoon, I heard from my buddy from Intel (through a friend from NCR) that he wanted me to give the presentation on Wednesday. I was totally unprepared. He made the presentation, and I looked at it one and a half times before I had to give it. We have completely different jobs, so his creation was completely different than I would have done. I was lost. We talked about it briefly over breakfast before I had to give it, and I was still lost.
I hadn't brought a lot of dress clothes, and went to the presentation in dress slacks, a sport coat, a t-shirt, and dress shoes. I had no intention of staying that way. I stood up in front of 30 to 40 people and informed them that I hadn't planned on doing this presentation, and hadn't planned my attire accordingly... and I had no plan of staying dressed that way. I immediately started changing clothes. By the time I was done, I looked like a beach bum. I had swim trunks, sandals, a t-shirt, and a hoodie. I was faced with people laughing hysterically and people in shock. I guess this was a first for my professional society. I delivered my presentation (it was horrible), and went on. I had a number of people come up to me saying, 'I heard you stripped in your presentation.' Well, that wasn't quite accurate, and I denied it as much as was possible.
Thursday, I took the afternoon off and swam in the ocean. That was my fun time. Otherwise, it was all work. It could be good, though. I had someone approach me about a job that seems very interesting. We'll see...
Tired, but ok...
I spent the last week at a conference. Yes, the conference was in Hawaii. That doesn't mean I enjoyed it any more than any other place. I arrived on Saturday (without my luggage) and checked into my room that I shared with a co-worker. I bought a pair of swim trunks and borrowed a shirt. We spent a little time on the beach, and I went for a brief swim after dark. Woo-hoo... I did my thing at the conference to make sure I was involved. Tuesday afternoon, I heard from my buddy from Intel (through a friend from NCR) that he wanted me to give the presentation on Wednesday. I was totally unprepared. He made the presentation, and I looked at it one and a half times before I had to give it. We have completely different jobs, so his creation was completely different than I would have done. I was lost. We talked about it briefly over breakfast before I had to give it, and I was still lost.
I hadn't brought a lot of dress clothes, and went to the presentation in dress slacks, a sport coat, a t-shirt, and dress shoes. I had no intention of staying that way. I stood up in front of 30 to 40 people and informed them that I hadn't planned on doing this presentation, and hadn't planned my attire accordingly... and I had no plan of staying dressed that way. I immediately started changing clothes. By the time I was done, I looked like a beach bum. I had swim trunks, sandals, a t-shirt, and a hoodie. I was faced with people laughing hysterically and people in shock. I guess this was a first for my professional society. I delivered my presentation (it was horrible), and went on. I had a number of people come up to me saying, 'I heard you stripped in your presentation.' Well, that wasn't quite accurate, and I denied it as much as was possible.
Thursday, I took the afternoon off and swam in the ocean. That was my fun time. Otherwise, it was all work. It could be good, though. I had someone approach me about a job that seems very interesting. We'll see...
Tired, but ok...